Phonograph attachment.



PATENTBD JUNE 11, 1907.

v W. G. HORTON. PHONOGRAPH ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 12, 1906- Q Vi m @0009 UNITED sTATEs PATENT OFFICE.

WALBRIDGE G. HORTON, OF BRATTLEB ORO. VERMONT.

PHONOGRAPH ATTACHMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 11, 1907.

.RnnlicaiicrfiiedNovemlier 12,1906. Serial No- 343.003.

To ml. III/tom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, WALBRIDGE G. Hon- TON, 'a citizen of the United States,'residing at Brattleboro,- in the county of Windham and State of Vermont, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Phonograph Attachments, of which the following is as ecification.

y invention relates to improvements in phonograph attachments, and has particular.

reference to a device for attachment. to the ordinary and'well known ty e of c linderrecord talking machine; the o ject my invention, being first to provide a device or more properly a gage, by means of which the operator of the machine may readily determine the proper point at which to place the reproducer needle upon the record so that the Y properreproduction of the entire record is always assured, including the announcement at the beginning of the record; second to pro vide suchwan attachment which may be quickly and easily from any of the We type of talking machines; and third, to 'provi e a gage attachment which is adjustable to suit difierent conditions, and which will be a lied to or detached n t" compact and out of the way and will not interfere in any Way. with the working of the machine. Further objects of the invention are to provide a device of the character set forth which willaccomplish all the objects above disclosed in a thoroughly practical and effi cient'manner.

To attain the desired objects, my invention comprises a gage member adapted to be securedupon one of the moving parts qt atalkingmachine, the said gage member serving to indicate the roper point at which the reproducenshould e caused to engage the record to be reproduced, and the invention further consists in certain other novel features' of construction and combination of parts, substantially as herein set forth.

Attention is invited to the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1, IS a top plan viewof a talking machine having my improvements ap lied thereto. Fig. 2, is an end elevation o the same. 1 Fig. 3, is a detailed of the attachment remove from the machine. Fig. 4, *is a sectional view of the reproducer arm taken on line 4-}: of Fig. 2, the gage support in position thereon,

nown and standard clas adapted perspective view and, Fig. 5, is a detail perspective view of the clasp or means for supporting the gage finger.

In the talking machines ordinarily in use,

there is no way of determining the place. at which the record commences upon the cylinder or recording agent, except by observing the serrations or grooves in the cylinder, and as at best, this is mere guess-work, I have produced a device 'which forms a gage by means of which the record may be reproduced from the beginning, so that none of the parts of the record are lost to the listener.

In the accompanying. drawings, 1 have shown my improvements as applied to a talking machine of a well known type, and

embodying broadly, a case 1, inclosing the motor mechanism, a mandrel 2, mounted upon the case and rotated from the motor r continued laterally as at 8, one lane aral-.

lel to the shank, and on the end c said s ank, is formed a substantially right-angled point or finger 9. The body 8 of the lateral portion is bent or twisted for practically its entire length as shown in Fig. 3, so that the finger on the end thereof'is directed downwardly or I toward the plane of the shank of the ointer,

or the finger may be cent itself so t at it is directed downwardly. The entire pointer is preferably made of sheet metal in one' continuous piece, but'of course it may be made otherwise if so desired.

The support forthe pointer comprises a for engagement with the repro ucer arm of the machine and having a guideway to support the shank of the pointer. This'support consists of a pair of'angular jaws 9, "connected b a straight bar or base 10, the upper ends 0 the jaws converging or inclined inwardly at 11, and prefera ly of tapered form as shown. These jaws are of some terme ate their-length with a recessed or cut-away portion 12, to add greater resiliency.

(sipringy material and are provided m-' The edges 13 of the base of the clasp are bent under and toward each other to form a guideway 14, to receive the shank of the pointer. The jaws are arranged on converging lines as shownin Figs. 3 and 5, to receive the reproducer arm which is usually. tapering in length. As I have stated,,this support for the pointer is preferably made of springy or elastic material, and may readily be stamped from one continuous piece and.

bent to the proper shape.

' The manner in which the support is applied to the reproducer arm isclearly shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 4, the converging jaws having clamping engagement with the sides of the reproducer arm which is tapering in length and substantially semi-circular in cross section. The shank of the pointer is clamped in the guide-way of the support by means of the inturned edges of the base of the support, and being thus frictionally engaged, it may be adjusted longitudinally in said support.

In applying my improvements to a talking machine, the support carrying the pointer, is attached to the reproducer arm, and by trial, it. is ascertained at what point the reproducer should be caused to engage the record, and when such startingpoint is determined, the

pointer is adjusted longitudinally until tllo in said guideways.

indicating finger thereon is in alinenient with the end of the record, as plainly sh Fig. 1. After this adj uslmont, all iuture records may be started with certainty at the proper place, by moving the reproducer and thereby the pointer until the pointer alines with the end of the record. By the-use of my'attachment, the records are protected against a great deal of the misuse now commonly experienced, since the reproducer may be dropped upon the record at the proper point so as not to scratch or scar the same,

and records therefore will last much longerand be more serviceable.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the drawings, the application of my invention will be readily understood and its many advantages appreciated,- it being evident that I have accom hshed all the objects aimed at, and have pro uced a simple, practical and inexpensive attachment which will form a valuable adjunct to all talking or sound reproducing machines.

I claim:

1. .A honogra h attachment comprising a clasp a apted to be mounted upon the reproducer arm of the machine, said clasp pro vided with a guide way, and a pointer adjustably engaged in said guide way.

2. The combination with aphonograph, of a clamp removably secured to the reproducer arm thereof, and a pointer adj ustably held in said clamp and extending parallel to the rec 6. In combination with a phonograph, an arm connected to the reproducer arm of the machine arranged horizontal and parallel with the record cylinder-and having a pointer or indicator at its free end.

7. The combination with a talking machine, of a pointer adjustably secured to the reproducer mechanism thereof, said pointer pointing finger having an angularly-deflected on the free end thereof.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

WALBRIDGE G. HORTON. Witnesses A. F. SCHWENK, EDITH S. FARR.

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